The U.S. Task Force advances in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. merchant ship underway. A ship underway as it is being strafed. The merchant ship being hit by rockets and machine gun. The merchant ship on fire. The smoke and flames rise from the burning merchant ship. A U.S. Navy torpedo bomber TBM Avenger in flight over a ship. A burning ship. Three small ships underway. Many rocket hits made around the ship. The rocket hits made on the ship. A ship burns as it is being strafed. Smoke and fire pours from the ship. The city and dock area. Smoke rises at the dock area from a ship burning at the dock. Several fires burning from ships in the harbor. Smoke rises from burning ships in the harbor.
Numerous aerial views of several USAAF (U.S. Army Air Forces) P-38 Lightning aircraft on bombing mission over Sicily, Italy, during World War 2. Smoke rising up from bomb strikes on the ground.
USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. A bomb servicing truck backs up with a bomb towards P-38. Enlisted men lower the bomb on ground. Enlisted men (EM) roll the bomb into position under bomb rack. EM work on a hardpoint under the wing of P-38. An EM work under the wing of P-38. EM attach a belt on the bomb. The bomb is pulled up. Men attach the bomb under the wing. A man checks the bomb mounted under the wing. Men checking the bomb. EM stand near the bomb. An EM takes out a fuse of the bomb and attaches it back.
USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on a bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. P-38 stationary at an airfield. Other aircraft parked in the background. A bomb servicing truck backs up towards P-38. A bomb on a ground. Enlisted men attach a belt under on the bomb. The bomb is pulled up.
USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on a bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. Two enlisted men hold ammunition belts and put them in a box. They load the boxes in the nose section of P-38. EM load ammunition belts into the guns in the nose section. The ammunition belt loaded into the guns in the nose section. An EM puts the ammunition belts in a box. EM stand on a ladder. They load ammunition belts in a box. 'BABE' written on the nose of P-38. An EM closes the nose section.
Behind opening slate, is a closeup of Barrage Balloon with cables attached. Next, a formation of German Ju-87, Stuka dive bombers peels off and begins diving attack against Allied target in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of bombs dropping. A formation of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. A German Dornier Do-215 long range bomber in flight (notable features: twin tail and tail wheel). A German Messerschmitt Bf-109 rolling over to attack a ground target. Low flying German warplanes attacking bases and supply depots. German planes strafing an Allied air base. A fire raging from bombing somewhere in England. Scene shifts to a formation of American barrage balloons creating a maze of wire cables to prevent low flying enemy aircraft from striking important ground targets.
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